Without going into details (say it with me: "Spoilers!"), suffice it to say, Donna seems to have a tremendous effect. It's a lovely sentiment/realization for a character such as Donna, who frequently seems to feel like a tremendous disappointment and failure to those around her.
Perhaps part of the mystique -- and popularity -- of Dr. Who lies in the message that any person can be extraordinary. As Rose and Donna discuss:
Rose: He was a Time Lord. Last of his kind.
Donna: But if he was so special, what was he doing with me?
Rose: He thought you were brilliant.
Donna: Don't be stupid.
Rose: But you are. It just took the Doctor to show you that, simply by being with him. He did the same to me. To everyone he touches.
I think we would all like to be brilliant, especially to someone as brilliant as the Doctor.
Perhaps, in some way, we all are.
"You may not see it now," said the Princess of Pure Reason, looking knowingly at Milo's puzzled face, "but whatever we learn has a purpose and whatever we do affects everything and everyone else, if even in the tiniest way. Why, when a housefly flaps his wings, a breeze goes round the world; when a speck of dust falls to the ground, the entire planet weighs a little more; and when you stamp your foot, the earth moves slightly off its course. Whenever you laugh, gladness spreads like the ripples in the pond; and whenever you're sad, no one anywhere can be really happy. And it's much the same thing with knowledge, for whenever you learn something new, the whole world becomes that much richer. - Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
Donna and the Doctor were found here:
http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2014/jul/28/flirting-tardis-peter-capaldi-doctor-who-interview
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